AQUARIUN Hall in Regional Natural History Museum - Plovdiv
Bulgaria’s biggest freshwater aquarium was opened in 1974 as part of the permanent exposition of the Natural History Museum in Plovdiv. The new facility is set up in an area of 100 m2. It consists of 48 beautifully arranged aquariums with 32 exotic fish species and indigenous species from the Maritsa river basin.
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North and South America – the Amazon and Rio Negro river basins, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia (Amphilophus citrinellus – Red devil,
Serrasalmus rhombeus – Black piranha,
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum – Convict cichlid,
mecci - Peacock cichlids,
Apistogramma cacatuoides – Cockatoo dwarf cichlid,
Microgeophagus ramirezi – Ram cichlid,
Arteronotus albifrons – Black ghost knife-fish ,
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Boulenger – Black widow tetra,
Pterophillum scalare – Freshwater angelfish,
Paracheirodon innesi – Neon tetra,
Cheirodon axelrodi – Red neon tetra,
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi – Black neon tetra,
Ancistrus dolichopterus – Ancistrus,
Acanthodoras cataphractus – Chocolate acanthodoras,
Symphysodon discus – Discus,
Роесilia reticulata – Guppy,
Hyphessobrycon griemi – Gold-spotted tetra,
Poecilia sphenops – Molly,
Xiphophorus hellerii – Green swordtail,
Xiphophorus maculatus – Common platy);
Africa (Labeo bicolor – Red-tailed black shark, Labeo frenatus – Rainbow shark,
African cichlids – Melanochromis interruptus hona,
Melanochromis auratus,
Labidochromis freibergi);
Asia – Korea, Thailand, China, Vietnam, India, Indochina, and Indonesia (Balantiocheilus melanopterus,
Bleeker – Silver shark),
(Brachydanio kerri – Blue danio),
Tanichthys albonubes – White cloud mountain minnow,
Macropodus opercularis – Paradise fish,
Goldfish,
Barbus conchonius – Rosy barb,
Danio malabaricus - Malabar danio,
Brachydanio rerio var. Frankei – Leopard danio,
Pangasius sutchi – Siamese shark,
Heteropneustes fossilis – Stinging catfish).
The aquarium exposition contains lots of water plants from the following regions: Dwarf anubias (Africa) ,
Bacopa caroliniana - Lemon bacopa,
Vallisneria americana – Wild celery (North America),
Cabomba aquatica - Yellow cabomba, Cabomba piauhyensis – Red cabomba,
Echinodorus angustifolius – Echinodorus (North and South America),
Cryptocoryne usteriana – Cryptocoryne (the Philipines),
Cryptocoryne undulata – Undulate cryptocoryne, Beckett’s cryptocoryne – Undulate cryptocoryne (Sri Lanka),
Cryptocorine cordate – Giant cryptocoryne (Malaka Peninsula),
Vallisneria gigantea - Giant vallisneria – (Southeast Asian islands),
Vallisneria spiralis f.tortifolia - Straight vallisneria (Vietnam and Japan).
Newts, frogs, crustaceous and reptiles such as Green turtle, Red-eared slider, and European pond terrapin are also included in the collection.